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HankronI will ad one more point, the point of 'authorized' or 'made by Topps.'
For a card to 1957 Topps finished card to be a 1957 Topps card, it has to be made or otherwise authorized by Topps. Put it another way, if a card wasn't made or authorized by Topps, it's not a Topps .... Topps can't do half the work, then 50 years later, and behind their proverbial back, Joe Blow finish the work and then claim it to be an 'as-issued 1957 Topps card.' .... It is difficult to impossible to determine what Topps intent in 1957 was for that sheet. Perhaps the sheet was defective and not intended to be cut up and distributed. Perhaps it was given in a frame to a retiring Topps worker or as a prize to a kid .... As such, it should not be expected that the hobby (which is largely savvy) to accept this 1999 cards as entirely valid single card. Don't get me wrong-- the card may have value and intrinsic worth and I may even place a bid on it, but this 'partial modern creation' will never claim the same value as a true 1957 entirely made and authorized Topps card.